2318 Postcode — Leiden, South Holland

English Nederlands

4-digit postcode 2318 covers Leiden, South Holland. Dutch postcodes are four digits and two letters. The four digits identify a delivery area, and it is the level Statistics Netherlands publishes against, so the figures below describe this postcode itself rather than the town around it.

Residents: 3,240
Households: 1,365
Average property value: €514,000
Owner-occupied: 90%
Average household size: 2.4
Urbanity: Strongly urban

Where 2318 is

Leiden, South Holland — the point recorded for this postal code. It marks the centre of the code, not its boundary.

People

Residents	3,240
Men	1,615
Women	1,625
Under 15	565
15 to 25	380
25 to 45	650
45 to 65	940
65 and over	705
Born abroad, in Europe	10%
Born abroad, outside Europe	10%

Households

Households	1,365
Average size	2.4
One-person households	27.8%380
Couples without children	420
One-parent families	6.6%90
Two-parent families	470

Housing

Homes	1,335
Average property value (WOZ)	€514,000
Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Housing-association homes	35
Flats and shared buildings	11.2%150
Unoccupied	1.1%15

Area

Addresses per square kilometre	2,099
Urbanity	Strongly urban
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.9%95

Against the national median

The tick is the national median.

Housing

Owner-occupied	90%
Rented	10%
Flats and shared buildings	11.2%
Unoccupied	1.1%

Households

One-person households	27.8%
One-parent families	6.6%
Residents on unemployment, disability or income support	2.9%

Age bands

Under 15	17.4383%
15 to 25	11.7284%
25 to 45	20.0617%
45 to 65	29.0123%
65 and over	21.7593%

Figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), key figures per postcode, 1 January 2025. CBS withholds figures for areas with too few residents to publish safely, so a missing value here means withheld, not zero.